Article Types
Editorials
Are we using the correct first aid for jellyfish?
The answer is predicated on our knowing what the correct treatment is — and we don’t
Jamie E Seymour
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases: recent advances and current challenges
Biological disease-modifying agents are transforming the treatment of autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Flavia M Cicuttini
Older doctors and retirement
Planning for life after work should commence as early as possible
Brian M Draper
Self-poisoning by older Australians
Improving mental care for people over 65 must be a priority
Malcolm J Hopwood
Variation in the fees of medical specialists: problems, causes, solutions
Greater transparency in setting charges may be the most efficient way to rein in excessive fees
Ian S McRae · Kees C van Gool
Auditing and standardising care for young people with diabetes: beginning a process to improve outcomes
Clear goals, uniform practices, and expectations influence outcomes for young people with diabetes
Mark A Sperling
Is wearable technology an activity motivator, or a fad that wears thin?
Activity monitors may be useful for encouraging healthier lifestyles in people of all ages
Jo Salmon · Nicola D Ridgers
The diagnostic validity of mental health diagnoses in children
We must take heed of as many factors as possible when forming a diagnosis
Christopher C Pearson
The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?
Reducing the transmission of Staphylococcus aureus and early treatment are key factors
Pamela Palasanthiran · Asha C Bowen
Encouraging early treatment of suspected heart attack: it’s OK to call 000
Making urgent decisions is complex: a campaign recognising this has succeeded in raising public awareness
Peter L Thompson · Trevor Shilton
The challenge of discharge: combining medication reconciliation and discharge planning
The appropriateness, safety and timeliness of individualised medication plans must be improved
Jennifer H Martin · Jennifer A May
Centralising care for patients with pancreatic cancer: a hybrid model approach
Reducing regional variations in treatment rates for pancreatic cancer requires an inclusive standardised approach and cooperation
Robert C Gandy · Koroush Haghighi
A prize, an award and Christmas crackers: season’s greetings from the MJA
Season’s greetings and the research year in review by the Editor-in-Chief
Nicholas J Talley
New initiatives in the treatment of breast cancer
Better targeted therapies will reduce the burden of treatment, while improving the outcomes
Ian N Olver
Young-onset colorectal cancer in the Asia–Pacific region
Although evidence for increasing incidence has not yet been reported, we should be vigilant
Moe Kyaw · Joseph JY Sung
High quality data are the key to understanding inequalities in cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
A comprehensive evidence base for informing efforts to improve services requires linked national data
David M Roder · Elizabeth Buckley
Appropriateness of care: why so much variation
Broad descriptions of variation are a useful way of finding disparities, but to generate change they need to be carefully analysed and applied
Richard C Madden · Andrew Wilson · Philip Hoyle
After-hours medical deputising services for older people
Older people need GPs who know them well
C Dimity Pond
Women’s health: local and global matters of great significance
A life cycle approach is important, as is acknowledging the importance of socio-cultural and lifestyle factors
David A Ellwood · Debra Anderson
The renewal of the National Cervical Screening Program
Australia has a good record in reducing cervical cancer rates — but strategies must change with new knowledge
Jonathan Carter
Irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia and other chronic disorders of gastrointestinal function
New diagnostic criteria and knowledge are changing how patients are treated
Nicholas J Talley · Gerald Holtmann
Suicide by health care professionals
Health professionals are human beings — and therefore not immune to mental health problems
Robert D Goldney
New developments in coronary stent technology
Current performance standards are high and promising new technologies are finding it difficult to compete
Ahmad Farshid · Simon O'Connor
The potential of workplace-based assessment of international medical graduates
The concept is attractive — but capacity may limit its practicality
Andrew H Singer
Rural recruitment and training promotes rural practice by GPs, but is it enough to retain them?
Challenges to keeping general practitioners in the bush remain
Geetha Ranmuthugala
